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MACHINE POR MAKING GONFEGTIONS. No. 503,885. n l Patented Aug.r22, 1893.

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A. VAN NESS. MACHINE FOR MAKING UONFEGTIONS.

No. 503385. Patented Aug. 22, 1393.

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l A. VAN NESS. MACHINE EORMAKING GONPBGTIONS.

No. 508,885. Patented Aug. 22,1898.

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A. VAN NESS. MACHINE PoR MAKING GONPEGTIONS. i No. 503,885. Patented Aug. 22, 1893.

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y UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

ALBERT VAN NESS, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. TROW, OF SAME PLACE. Y

MACH IN E FOR M AKING CONFECTIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'lvo. 503,885, datednugust 22,1893.

' Application sied June 13,1892. senti No. 436,456. (Nq modal.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.- I lever and the piston-rod being in section;

Bc it known that I, ALBERT VAN NESS, a rFig. 1l, a front elevation of the nut and screw citizen of the United States, residing at Lowfwhich form a part of the means of adjusting ell, in the county of Middlesex and Commonthe throw of the pistonrod and pistons.

5 wealth of Massachusetts, have inventedacer- A is a rectangular frame, provided with 55 tain new and useful Improvement in Machines legs a, adapted Y to stand upon a table or bench for Making Oonfections, of which the followor being made long `enough to rest upon the ing is a specification. Hoor. L L v j My invention relates to machines for maki In stands a', connected. by cross-ties a2 by ro ing confections ofthat class which are made meansof nuts a34 is supporteda tankB. .The 6o by dropping upon a tablet, metallic sheet or tank B has double walls b Z9,'the cream or into a mold a definite quantity ot a creamy mixture being placed within the inner walls or semi-fluid mixture which is retained in its b or inner tank and the outer wall serving as semi-duid condition by heat and becomes a steam or hot water jacket, the space bex5 hardened by cooling, and said invention contween said walls being connected .bypipes c 6 5 sists in the devices and combinations herein c with a boiler O heated by any usual means after described and claimed. i in a well knownmanner, the pipe c2 serving In the accompanying drawings, on four as a waste-pipe, to empty the boiler when sheets, Figure lis a side elevation of a manecessary. The bottom of the tank b is perzo chine, provided with my improvements; Fig. forated, at b2, (Figs. 6 to 8) and below said 7o 2, a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3,asec tank is placed the cylinder D which is also tion on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2, through the provided with perforations d arranged at tank, cylinder and printer, showing the upequal intervals with the perforations h2 and per part of one of the standards in elevation; immediately below them. The cylinder D is 25 Fig. Ll, a section on the line 4 4in Fig. 1,1ook-l so called because of its office, it serving the 75 ing to the right; Fig. 5, an isometric perspecpurpose of. a pump-barrel or cylinder and is tive view of one of the cylinder-heads deprovided with a horizontal cylindrical chamtached; Fig. 6, a vertical transverse section ber cl,divided into as many compartments as on the line 6 6 in Fig. 3,' ofa part of the tank, there are perforations d by heads di, one of 3o the cylinder and slides, showing the pistons, which is shown in Fig. 5, one face of each So piston-rod, means of regulatingthe throw of head being arranged at the middle of one ot' the pistons, parts of the slide and piston-lesaid perforationsr and being provided with a ver in rear elevation, the slides being arv,continuation d3 of .said perforations. Said ranged to admit the mixture from` the tank cylinder isprovided with otherperforations 35 into the cylinder and to prevent the escape d4, arranged immediately below the perfora- 85 of said mixture therefrom and the pistons tions Land each head is provided with an being at the end of the stroke which Iills the upward continuation d5 of one of said perfocylinder from the tank; Fig. 7, like Fig. 6,ex rations d4. Through a hole d in the center cept that the slides are arranged to prevent ,of each head slides a piston-rod E and to said 4o the escape ot' the mixture from the tank and piston-rod, within each compartment of the 9o to allow its escape from the cylinder; Fig. 8,a cylinder, is secured a piston e, said pistons horizontal section of the tank, slide-lever and and their compartments forminga series of piston-lever, showing in plan the piston-rod pumps, having a common piston-rod. The and means of adjusting the throw of the cylinder D, for convenience, is externally rect- 45 same; Fig. 9 a section on the line 9 9 in Fig. angular-in cross section, as representedin Fig. 95 l, of the slides, slide-lever, piston-lever and 3, and is grooved at the top and bottom, at (i7 means of adjusting the throw of said pistond8, for the reception of the slides F F, each lever; Fig. l0, a front elevation of the block of said slides being provided with perforato which the slides are secured, the slides tions j' f arranged at equal intervals with 5o and the slidelever, a part of said block and the perforations d d4,butthe perforations and roo the upper slide F. The slides F Fjlare. rigff;

idly secured to the block F2, provided with hubsfinto which are driven screws f3 through slots f4 in the sides A,of the slide-lever F3.V The lower end of the slide-lever F3 is pivoted on a bracket a4 which projects from the frame A, (see Fig. 2,) and the npperend ,ofsaid.y

lever is forked, one branch f5 of said `fork being adjustably pivoted, at f6, to the body of fsaid slide lever to take up any lost motion between said slide-.lever and the wiper or cam F4 which givesv to said lever andrthere-r fore to the slides F F a reciprocating movement,-the means of adjustmentbeing abolt j f7 which passes freely through said branohffiV and screws into said lever F3v and turns said branch on itspivoted lower end. In asimi-` lar manner, the piston-rod E is given an endA pivoted ate4 to said piston-lever, Substan-v tially'ast the branch f5 is pivoted to the slideL lever, theV movable branch e3, being; adjust, able, by abolt: e5 in form and functioncorrespending to. the boltz f6 above described,V The wipers F4 E2 are fast onthe mainshaft",

'Gv which turns; in suitable-brackets L5-01,6, cast or otherwise secured on Vthe; right stand a and' is, provided with fast and loose pulleys g'g', to. receive a belt from any convenient-t1 motor7 or,.of course, saidshaft may be turned by hand. The wipers F4 E2 are so arrange-d' on the main Shaft with reference to each other that the sli-desiFF are at rest while the pistonse are in motion and the pistons are at rest while the. slides: areV in motion. When said slides and pistons are in the po` sitions shown in Fig. 6, with the upperper-y forations d or inlets Open from the tank into the cylinder, the cylinder D isA already fil-led with themixture. rlhe slidesa-re then moved into the positions shown in Fig. 7, while the. pistonsare at res-t, closing said inletsd' and allowing thefmirxture to-'be discharged from. the. cylinder by the subsequent movementofthe pi'sronsto the. positions shown in Fig; 7, the. mixture being directed downward by the short spoutsd arranged on the' plate dilo' in line with the perforations d4 or outlets, said' plate d10 being secured to the: under sideo said cylinder belowl the lower slide F. l y

. In order that the pistons may Work freely andwithout the necessity of creating a vac--` tru-m behind them on thedischarge-stroke or of compressing air on the return-stroke, other ,o sions'.

perforations dll-0r Vents (FigS) are made from the tank into the cylinder at the rear of the upper slide F, said last-named perforations d always being open and permitting the flow of the mixture into and out of the :cylinder behind the pistons.

vThe length ofthe return-stroke of the pistense may be varied, to vary the amount of the mixture received into each compartment of the cylinder and' therefore the amount discharged at the following discharge-stroke, by making the collare adjustable'on the pistonu, rod-E; I therefore. attach the said collar e -to a ,nut e6 by armse'I which extend in front of and behind the pistonlever E and prevent said nut from turning on said piston rod (Figs. 6 to 9), said nutv surrounding and'fenigaging the threadof ascrew e8, formed on the .sleeve-like hub e9 of a handewheel f'wfhi'ch t turns loosely onsaid piston-.rod E, near its free 'i end, and isprevented from advancing onsaid l piston-rod by the collar esecured by the setscrew el on said piston-rod and by'otfher collars or a nut and check-nuts e e onl the free end of said piston-rod.4 It is evident that whenV the space between the collars e e2 is 'just sufficient to: allowY the Worltingof` thev piston-lever E", the piston-rod will have its full stroke and thatiby .turning `the handwheel in the: proper directiony tomove the collarl e nearer to theicy-flinder Drthe return-stroke of f said piston-rod will be shortened, said" piston- ]lever then having a. lost motion between said :collars but moving said pistomrozdon the discharge-stroke sufficiently to empty the cylin- ,der,` the position of'V the collar e2' being'ungchangedl Thefaceofjthehand-wheelis-graduvrated ate-13, as lshow-nin Fig. 1, and the indexfinger e, secured on the' nut. e6, reaches over lisaidwheeland pointsto said.' gradfuations, the lnumbers. on the graduations-indicating the Qquantity'discharged' atene timefrom asi-ngle Icompartmentof the cylinder or the sizeof the drops. y The frame A is provided with horizontal longitudinal ways"af,fsecured tothe side-rails of'sa-id frameand on these ways may be placed lia slab or 'metallic sheet, such as isused in v making peppermints, for instance, to receive ftheV drops from thedischarge-spouts d",

In makin-g chocolate-drops or drops of other special shapes,vit is customary to use molds vconsistingot plateshaving permanent recesses ofthe shape desired to-be given to the drops, y but. more com monlyfdepressions= 71, (Fig. 4) are rnadiein.` a body of corn-starch h arranged in va sha1-low 'box or tray I-I, sometimescalled a starch-box, the top of the starch being struck off level by a straight edge, the sides 'h2 h3 of vthe starch-box acting as guides for `:the straight edge, and the depressions being jmad'e byva strip of woodl or other material, .provided 4with projections-ons the,V un der side,

flo-f the size and shapefotfthe required depres- S'uch plates, molds or starch-boxes maybe used? on 4the-ways.- a7' and advanced' th ereon by .hand after. each discharge-stroke lIoo IIO

of the piston-rod to bring successive rows of the depressions or molds under the dischargespouts C79.

I have provided feed-rolls I, journaled in suspended adjustable boxes i, arranged in recesses as in the ways a7 and supported by screws t" which pass through supporting-plates t2 and turn therein Without advancing and enter threaded holes in the tops of said journal-boxes z', so that, by turning said screws,

the axes of said feed-rolls I may be brought into parallelism with the bottom of the cylinder D and the working surfaces of said v Vfeed-rolls may be raised sufficiently to engage the bottoms of the starch-boxes or other molds and cause said boxes or molds to advance as said feed-rolls are rotated. `The feed-rolls are preferably each provided with two concentric annular surfaces '74, to engage such starch -boXes or molds at two points equally distant from the middle of such feedroll, to avoid the necessity of making the entire surface of the feed-roll cylindrical and true. Each feed-roll I is given an intermittent rotary motion by means of a friction wheel 5 (Figs. l, 2 and 4), fast on the shaft/L'6 of said feed-roll and engaged by a frictionpawl Q17, pivoted on one arm is of a bell-crank lever I which turns on said feed-roll shaft, the other arm t9 of said lever 1 reaching up through a slot in a rod @'10, supported in brackets a9, secured to the side of the frame A, said rod L10 having a longitudinal reciprocating motion from another bell-crank lever I2, one

arm @'11 of which passes through aslot in said rod 10 and the other arm i12 of which is pivoted to the lower end of the connecting rod 713, the upper end of said connecting rod 13 being pivoted to a feed-lever I3, having its fulcrurn on the horizontal rod J which is supported in brackets d10 0.11 on the stand a', the free end of said feed-lever being pressed downward by the feed-cam I4, fast on the main shaft G and raised by the spring J', the same being represented as a wire, the double middle portion j of which presses against the stand a or against aledge @12 projecting from said stand, the branches of said wire being coiled about said rod J and the ends j L7'2 of said wire being bent under'sad feed-lever I3 and under the printing lever K hereinafter described. The movement of the feed-rolls takes place while the pistons and slides are at rest or during the return-stroke of the pistons and the amount of motion of said rolls may be increased or diminished by moving the lower end of the connecting-rod 13 farther from or nearer to the fulcrum of the lever I2, the lower arm 1112 of said lever being provided with a nut or block 14, to which said connect` ing rod is pivoted and which is movable in a slot L15 by means of a screw 16 which turns in said lower arln without advancing and engages the thread of said nut. The feed may thus be proportioned to the distance apart of the transverse rows of molds or prints which receive the drops from the cylinder D.

Although permanent or previously-prepared molds may be used with the machine above described, I have made provision for making the molds or prints in the machine. A rock-shaft K is journaled in the stands a a and is provided with parallel arms 7c 7c', pivoted, at 702 7a3, to adjusting screws 7a4 7a5` which pass vertically through the printer K2, said printerbeing a transverse strip, preferably of wood, and provided with downward projections 706, equal in number to the discharge-spouts di and arranged at corresponding intervals therewith in front of said spouts.

tigrning on the screws 7a4 7155 above and below the printer K2, the ends of said printer are raised or lowered. to bring the printer parallel with the top of the starch-box H and the printer is so guided that the axes of the projections 706 are maintained in a nearly vertical position by a guide-rod 7c11 or unthreaded prolongation of the screw 7.95, which guide-rod near its upper end slides vertically in a hole through the ledge a12. But the printer K2 (shown in its highest position in Fig. 4) in descending moves in a curve, owing to its connection with the arms of the rock-shaft K, and causes the projections k6 when entering lthe starch to draw slightly away from the rowr of prints last-previously formed and avoids the breaking down `or filling up of the latter. The rock-shaft K is given an oscillating motion, in one direction, by a spring k12 (Fig. 3), secured to said rock-shaftv and to the stand a', the tendency of said spring to straighten turning the rock-shaft in a direction to raise the printer K2,and in the other direction, by the action of the printing-cam K3 on the printing-lever K', said last-named lever being' like the feed-lever I3, in shape and pivoted on the same rod .I therewith and raised against thefeed-cani by the spring J above described, said printing-lever K being connected to the arm 7c of said rock-shaft by the connectingrod K4. The connecting-rod K4 is formed in' two parts 7013 7c11, the upper part 7613 being a rod, pivoted at its upper end to said printinglever K', and the lower part 7911 beingasleeve which loosely surrounds the lower part of said rod 7613 and is pivoted to the arm 7o of the rock-shaft. Another sleeve 7G13 surrounds said rod 7:13 and rests upon the sleeve 7c14 andV is preferably provided with a handle 7c13, by which it may be turned about the rod or part 7c13, the latter having a stud k1@ which, when theprinting devices are in use, rests upon the top of the sleeve 7613 but when said last-named sleeve is turned sufliciently drops down into a vertical slot 7r17, with which said sleeve 7615 (Fig. 4) is provided, allowing the printing lever to reciprocate without moving the rockshaft or printer, the stud 7016 simply rising and falling in the slot 7c. The printing-cam is secured on the main shaft G and is shaped and arranged to cause the descent of the printer at the saine timewith the discharge of the mixture or cream from the cylinder D By means of nuts k7 7a3 and cheek-nuts 7c97c10, Y'

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into the transverse row of prints madeby the lastprevious'descentof the printer.v i A Iclaimas myinvention-fl a der', havingva: series of compartments; each provided with. an inlet: and with'. an outlet, a slidearranged'and adapted alternately to open and close said. inlets', another slidel arranged and adapted to keep said outlets closed when said .inletsare open and to open said outlets' when saidinlets are closed, and reciprocating pistons arranged in saidcmpartments, as'and for the purpose specified; Y a

The combination ofl a tank, a cylinder, having a series of compartments, each prothesame end. thereotga slide arranged and adaptedalternately to open and close saidin-V lets', another slide arranged and adapted to keep said outlets closed when said inlets are:l open and to open saidontlets when. said` in.-v lets are-closed, and! reciprocating.- pistons,.each:

anfangedin'one of said coin'partments;each` having', an inlet; and an. outletg,-a piston-rod, a piston, located in: said cylinder and fast on compartnrentbeing also provdedwith a vent at the opposite endv thereof from said inletsV and outletsas1 and for the purpose spe'ced.

3. Theeombination of,` the tank, the e'ylizml der, having' a. series: of. compartments, each' provided. with an inlet and with an outlet, a slid-e, arranged'and adapted alternately to open and close'A said. inlets,v another slide: ar-k ranged. andadapted to keep said-outlets icliosed;

w-'hen said inlets are open. and: to open. said outlets when sai-'d i'nletsiareclosed,w a piston rod, common to all said compartmentmand pis-tons, eachY arranged in one of said com-- partments andl fast on said' piston-fred, as and for theipurposef spe'ci'iied.

4.. The-fcombinationI of thee tank,V the cylin der, havingal seriesof compartments, each provided with an: inlet? and with an outlet, asli'de, arranged4 and adaptedlalternately to open and close said inlets, another slide, arranged and; adapted tokeep said outlets closed when said inlets are open and to open said outletswh'e-n said. inlets are closed, a piston-rod, commonV to allsaid compartments, and pis-tons, each arranged in one of said compartments and fast on said piston-rod, a piston-lever, jointed ton-rod and pistons' a reciprocating movement, as andfor thepurpose specili'ed.4

5.v The combination of the tank, the cylinder, having a series of compartments, each provided with an inletand with an outlet, a slide,

arranged and adapted alternately to open and f its upper end, and a cam or wiper, arranged sto rotate in said fork, one branch of said fork being adjustable in distance from'the' other,

to take up lost motion between said, cam and l. Thecombination of the tank, thecyl'in` lever, as and for the; purpose specifiedr i A6. The combination of ata-nk, acylindex, :having a series-r ot compartments,;each pro- I vided witlian ,inlet and with an outlet, a slide, arranged-and adapted alternately to'lopen and closev said: inlets,l another slide' arranged and adapted to keep saidroutletsclosed'when said inlets; are-open and to-op'ensaid outlets-when frsaid inlets areclose,da piston-rod, common to vall saidcompartments,y and pistons, each ar.-

ranged in one of said. compartments and fast l Von said piston-rod,Y a piston-lever, provided vided with an inlet and with an outlet aty with a hole, through4 which said. piston-rodV passes,collars; on said rod on; opposite sides of said lever, oneot said collars being fixed on` said rody and the other of said collars being adjustable on said? rod, to varyy the-length of vthe stroke of said pistons, as vand for thepurpose specified.

7?. The combination off al tank, cylinder,

said piston-rodapiston-lever, prov-ide'dfwith a aV hole, th rou ghwhich said piston-rod passes,

collars on said roden oppositefsides of said lever-one of said. collarsbei-fng fixed on said rod,'andlV a nur, to-Which the other of saidcollarsis secured, and al sleeve, provided with a V`s'crem-thread and turning without a advancing lonsaid rod in said nut to vary therdistan'ce piston-,1 arranged in saidy cylinder and fas-t on said pistone-rod', ai piston-lever, provided with a' hole,.throurgh:which said piston rod passes, Ico'llars o-n said rod on oppositie sides of; said Jever, one of said collars being fixed on said rod a non-rotary nut, tol which the other of said collars isse'cure'd, asleeye, providedwith ai screw-thread and turning without advancing on. said rod, a graduated hand-wheel or of said piston and to indicate said length, as

an-d` for the purpose specified..

9; The combination of? the rock-shaft, pro-Y vided with arms, the printer, carriedby said arms, theprintingecam and; cam-lever, and a rod, connecting saldi cam-leverandone of the arms of said rock-shaft, as an-d for thep-lrrpose specified'.

10. The combination of the rock-shafhprovided with arms, a spring,to move saidrock-l shaft. in one direction, the printer supported by said armsthe printing cam and cam-lever, a sleeve, connected to one of said. arms, arod, having a lateral projection or stud v and pivoted to said lever: 'and sliding. in said sleeve,

another sleeve,v surrounding said rod below `said stud and resting on said first-namedsleeve and having a verticaln slot, in which IOO IIO

said stud may have a vertical motion, as and for the purpose specified.

11. The combination of the feed-rolls, provided with friction-wheels, levers turning on the shafts of said rolls, and carrying frictionpawls to engage said friction-wheels, a longitudinally-sliding rod, connecting all said levers, another lever, one arm of which is counected to said rod, a connecting-rod, pivoted at one end to the other arm of said last-named lever and at the other end to a feed-lever, a spring, operating said feed-lever .in one direction, and a cam, operating said lever in the other direction, as and for the purpose specified.

12. The combination of the feed-cam, the feed-lever, the longitudinally-sliding rod, a lever, connected to one arm of said last-named lever, a block, sliding in the other arm of said last-named lever, a screw, to vary the distance of said block from the fulcrum of said lever,

a connecting-rod, pivoted to said block and to l said feed-lever, feed-rolls, having Wheels, and other levers, operated by said longitudinallysliding rod and having pawls to engage said Wheels, to vary the amount of movement of said rolls, as and for the purpose specified.

13. The combination of the cylinder, heads dividing said cylinder into compartments, each `of which is provided with an inlet and with an outlet, said heads having grooves which form continuations of said inlets and outlets, and reciprocating pistons, arranged in said compartments, as and for the purpose specified.

In Witness whereof I have signed this specication, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, this 31st day of May, A. D. 1892.

ALBERT VAN NESS.

Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, MYRTIE C. BEALS. 

